April 4, 2013 - 17:44
A colleague has brought to me a DVD to copy. Whilst the content is ‘average’ it has been created in Encore with 18 chapters in English and the same in German. It’s all legal to copy so I have tried two programmes but the copy failed because there is not enough room on a blank DVD. Looking at the disc content I note that the disc contains 7.26GB.
I know it’s possible to put a great deal of material onto a DVD if one doesn't mind the drop in quality, but how does one copy the disc onto a standard 4.7GB DVD.
Thanks. Pete.
April 4, 2013 - 18:51
#1
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
Pete
Sounds like you have a dual layer source disc hence your problem.
You can fit it on a standard 4Gig DVD buy ripping the disc using DVD Decrypter to a location on the hard drive, then run DVD shrink, then burn to DVD
You will lose quality
April 4, 2013 - 19:43
#2
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
Thanks Col.
I never even thought of that. Yonks ago I tried programmes like the ones you mentioned but I haven't even got them now and it's not that important to go to that trouble.
Thanks again for replying. Pete
April 4, 2013 - 20:06
#3
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
What about simply copying it to a Dual Layer disc if you simply want a copy!
April 5, 2013 - 08:28
#4
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
+1 for using DVD dual layer blanks.
May 31, 2013 - 18:11
#5
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
+1 for DVD Shrink. It's free so what's the downside? http://www.dvdshrink.org/what_en.php Very easy to use, you can save it to your PC as files or ISO, then burn it. There's a simple copy mode, or you can reauthor the disc (remove menus etc) Not sure why you'd need DVD Decryptor Col?
June 1, 2013 - 13:47
#6
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
The free version at the link you gave doesn't shrink (compress) a dual layer disc onto a single layer. No experience of it myself, but according to this review. Pete's DVD has been "created in Encore", so he doesn't need any software to get by encryption.
June 1, 2013 - 18:18
#7
Re: Copying a DVD containing 7.26GB
Sorry but this forum is NOT for publicising programs intended to overcome copy protection.
And that's why I'm about to edit the thread.
I've also blocked glenpinn from posting.
If glenpinn feels he has something to contribute - other than commercials for commercial software - I'm sure he'll let me know.
Oh, and I should also have said that, now that blank dual-layer DVDs are so very cheap, it makes no sense (in my view) to attempt to shrink the DVD onto a single-layer disc, with the risk (certainty?) of losing quality.
Bob Crabtree (admin)